reginald v1.0.0

reginald

Clone and modify a RegExp instance, including removing, prepending, appending & replacing the source

Reginald is based on clone-regexp by sindresorhus. Reginald adds source manipulation functionality on top of what clone-regexp offered

Install

$ npm i -S reginald

Usage

var reggie = require('reginald');
var re = /[a-z]/gi;

reggie(re);
//=> /[a-z]/gi

reggie(re) === re;
//=> false

reggie(re, {global: false});
//=> /[a-z]/i

reggie(re, {multiline: true});
//=> /[a-z]/gim

reggie(re, {source: 'wombat'});
//=> /wombat/gi

reggie(/a/, {replace: ['a','b']})
//=> /b/

reggie(/ab/, {remove: 'a'})
//=> /b/

reggie(/a/, {prepend: 'b'})
//=> /ba/

reggie(/a/, {append: 'b'})
//=> /ab/

reggie(/ab/, {remove: 'b'})
//=> /a/

API

reggie(regexp, options)

regex

Type: regexp

RegExp instance to clone.

options

Type: object
Properties: source global ignoreCase multiline sticky unicode

Optionally modify the cloned RegExp instance.

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus MIT © James Womack